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Updating Your Risk Profile to Respond to the New Trump Administration

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We live in a topsy-turvy world.  This is an exaggeration but sets up my points in this blog post. We are now seeing the shuffling of corporate risks and every board, C-Suite and legal, compliance and risk management team has...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Trade Matters -Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - June 2023

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Crypto Asset Company Settles Sanctions Violations for $7.5 million- On May 1, the U.S. Department of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a $7.5 million settlement with crypto asset company Poloniex LLC for 65,942 apparent...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Battling Government Investigations Series – Cooperation and Voluntary Disclosure

It always comes when you least expect it – a government inquiry to investigate your business. While it may instill a sense of panic, there are steps you can take to make sure you’re in the best position possible when the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Day 22 of One Month to Better Compliance Through HR-10 Questions to Better Operationalize Compliance

I conclude this month’s series inspired by an article in the Harvard Business Review, entitled “Does Management Really Work?” by Nicholas Brown, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen. I found the article very useful because it...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Day 6 of One Month to Better Compliance Through HR-Incentivizing Compliance

In the Department of Justice’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, Prong 8 Incentive and Disciplinary Measures it states: Incentive System – How has the company incentivized compliance and ethical behavior? How has...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” – Lessons for Compliance

Robert M. Pirsig died last week. For anyone who went to college in the mid-70s, he was required reading in a variety of classes and disciplines for his seminal work Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. There were a...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Day 1 of One Month to Better Compliance Through HR-the Role of HR in Operationalizing Compliance

This month, I will consider the role of Human Resources (HR) in operationalizing a best practices compliance program. I have long advocated for a greater role of Human Resources (HR) in a compliance program. Indeed, one sign...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Hallmark 6-Incentives and Disciplinary Measures

The FCPA Guidance states, “In addition to evaluating the design and implementa­tion of a compliance program throughout an organization, enforcement of that program is fundamental to its effec­tiveness. A compliance program...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Great Structures Week III – The Roman Arch and Resourcing Your Compliance Program

I continue my Great Structures Week with focus on structural engineering innovations from ancient Rome. I am drawing these posts from The Teaching Company course, entitled “Understanding the World’s Greatest Structures:...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Economic Downturn Week, Part II – The Golden Gate Bridge and Employment Separation – Hotlines and Whistleblowers During Layoffs

I use the Golden Gate Bridge as an entrée to my continued discussion on the series on steps that you can use in your compliance program if you find yourself, your company or your industry in an economic downturn. Whether you...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Levi Strauss and Auditing of Third Parties

Today we celebrate innovation. On this day in 1873, a patent to create work pants reinforced with metal rivets was granted. This marked the birth of one of the world’s most famous garments: the blue jeans. Jacob Davis, a...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Episode 155-Mara Senn on FCPA Investigations and the Decision to Self-Disclose

In this episode I visit with Mara Senn, a partner at Arnold & Porter on how to think through a FCPA investigation and she provides a decision making calculus on how to make a decision...more

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